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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I*

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On the average, about how many cigarettes a day do you now smoke?*

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  Total
Respond.^
<10 cigaretts/per day 10-20 cigarettes/per day 20 cigs.(one pack)/per day More than 20 cigarettes/per day
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,994 819 29.4 27.0-31.8 937 31.6 29.2-34.1 823 26.4 24.2-28.7 415 12.6 11.2-14.3
-Northeast Partnership I 70 32 46.4 32.9-60.5 8 12.4 5.6-25.2 22 30.1 19.2-43.7 8 11.2 5.1-22.7
GENDER
Male 29 10 39.6 21.3-61.3 4 15.8 5.1-39.5 10 28.9 14.7-49.1 5 15.7 5.5-37.1
Female 41 22 52.1 33.8-69.8 4 9.5 3.1-25.5 12 31.0 16.7-50.1 3 7.4 2.3-21.4
RACE
White 40 15 36.0 19.7-56.4 4 14.0 4.7-35.0 13 30.8 16.8-49.5 8 19.2 8.7-37.0
Other 30 17 60.9 40.7-78.0 4 10.0 3.5-25.6 9 29.1 14.4-49.9 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 18 7 39.0 17.4-66.1 4 21.4 7.2-48.6 5 29.9 12.1-56.8 2 9.7 2.3-33.0
45+ 52 25 51.2 35.9-66.4 4 6.5 2.2-17.5 17 30.2 18.5-45.1 6 12.1 4.8-27.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 38 16 47.0 28.9-65.9 3 5.8 1.7-17.7 13 32.2 17.9-50.8 6 15.1 6.0-32.9
Some College + 32 16 45.6 27.1-65.4 5 21.9 8.3-46.3 9 27.0 13.0-47.8 2 5.5 1.3-21.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 52 25 50.9 34.9-66.7 6 8.7 3.6-19.6 15 28.2 16.3-44.2 6 12.2 5.0-27.1
$50,000+ 10 4 32.8 10.5-66.9 2 40.3 11.9-77.1 2 12.6 2.6-43.3 2 14.4 2.9-48.2

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*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking daily or occasionally.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.


*Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
*Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.

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